Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N54576

19 April 1982 · Morristown, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 April 1982 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N54576, operated by Teterboro Flight Academy, was involved in an accident near Morristown, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport
Morristown Municipal (MMU)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N54576
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Teterboro Flight Academy
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Teterboro → Morristown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC82DA074

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT PROCEEDED TO THE MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE STATED THAT DURING HIS FIRST TOUCH AND GO, THE RIGHT WING PICKED UP. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DURING THE GO-AROUND, A WING OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND THE PLANE LANDED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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